DA to run for Supreme Court

TROY--The Rensselaer County District Attorney has announced he will be running for Supreme Court Justice in the Third Judicial District, which includes, Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties.

Richard McNally is currently in his second term as DA, and has been practicing law for 25 years.

"If elected I will work as hard as I have these past years as District Attorney and throughout my career," McNally said in a statement released Tuesday.

"I look forward in the coming months to meeting as many folks in the seven counties of the Third Judicial District as I possibly can."

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The opening on the bench is the result of Supreme Court Justice George Ceresia reaching mandatory retirement age.

The open seat on the bench will not come without competition however.

Two other sitting judges are also seeking to run, including Rensselaer County Court Judge Andrew Ceresia and Albany County Family Court Judge Dennis Duggan.

The judicial nominating convention is being held this September, when candidates for the November ballot will be selected.

Each party will hold their own convention, including minor parties, in preparation for the general election in November.

Duggan has been a family court judge since 1994 and Andrew Ceresia has been a county court judge since 2009, when he was appointed by then-Governor David Patterson. Ceresia later won election to the bench in 2010.